After Modesto, Rubidge & Welman, 1999, and Maisch, 2002
<==o †Pristerodontia Cluver & King, 1983 [Pristerodontoidea Cluver & King, 1983] |--o †Pristerodontidae King, 1988 | |--o †Emyduranus Broom, 1921 | | |-- †E. platyops Broom, 1921 | | `-- †E. gracilis Broom, 1935 | |?- †Eurychororhinus boonstrai Broili & Schroeder, 1935 | |--o †Pristerodon Huxley, 1868 [Brachyuraniscus Broili & Schroeder, 1935; Cerataelurus Broom, 1931; Eumantellia Broom, 1935; Hueneus Toerien, 1953; Newtonella Broom, 1937; Parringtoniella Toerien, 1953] | | |-- †P. agilis Broom, 1904 | | |?- †P. boonstrai (Broili & Schroeder, 1935) [em>Eurychororhinus boonstrai Broili & Schroeder, 1935] | | |-- †P. buffaloensis Toerien, 1953 | | |-- †P. mackayi Huxley, 1868 [Brachyuraniscus merwevillensis Toerien, 1953; Brachyuraniscus reuningi Broili & Schröder, 1935; Cerataelurus mirabilis Broom, 1931; Dicynodon microrhynchus von Huene 1931; Dicynodon pygmaeus Broom & Haughton, 1917; Dicynodon raniceps Owen, 1876; Dicynodon swierstrai Broom, 1940; Dicynodon trigoniceps Broom, 1904; Diictodon pygmaeus Broom & Haughton, 1917; Emydops kitchingi Toerien, 1953; Emydops longiceps Broom, 1913; Emydops microdon Broom, 1936; Emydops murraysburgensis Toerien, 1953; Emydops trigoniceps Broom, 1904; Emydopsis microdon Broom, 1936; Emydopsis trigoniceps Broom, 1904; Oudenodon raniceps Owen, 1876; Oudenodon trigoniceps Broom, 1904; Parringtoniella broomi Toerien, 1953; Pristerodon broomi Toerien, 1953; Pristerodon microrhynchus von Huene, 1931; Pristerodon raniceps Owen, 1876] | | |-- †P. mirus (Broom, 1935) [Eumantellia mirus Broom, 1935] | | |-- †P. oudebergensis (Toerien, 1953) [Hueneus oudebergensis Toerien, 1953] | | |-- †P. platyceps (Broom, 1937) [Newtonella platyceps Broom, 1937] | | |-- †P. vanhoepeni (Broili & Schroeder, 1935) [Synostocephalus vanhoepeni Broili & Schroeder, 1935] | | `-- †P. whaitsi ( Broom, 1911) [Diaelurodon whaitsi Broom, 1911] | |?- †Storthyggnathus Janensch, 1952 [Storthyggnathus Janensch, 1952; Storthyggognathus Janensch, 1952] [jr, synon.? Emydops Broom, 1912] | `?- †Synostocephalus vanhoepeni Broili & Schroeder, 1935 [jr, synon.? Pristerodon] `--+-- †Oudenodontidae `--+-- †Propelanomodon devilliersi Toerien `--+--o †Geikiidae Nopcsa, 1923 (v. Huene, 1942) sensu Maisch & Gebauer, 2005 [Geikiniae Nopcsa, 1923; Geikiidae Huene, 1956; Geikiidae Maisch & Gebauer, 2005; Aulacephalodontinae Toerien, 1953; Aulacephalodontinae Lehman in Piveteau, 1961; Aulacephalodontinae Cluver & King, 1983] | |?- †Digalodon rubidgei Broom & Robinson, 1948 | |-- †Aulacephalodon bainii (Owen, 1845) Seeley, 1898 [Aulacocephalodon cadlei Broom, 1948; Aulacocephalodon hartzenbergi Broom, 1937; Aulacocephalodon haughtoni Broom, 1921; Aulacocephalodon latissimus Broom, 1932; Aulacocephalodon luckhoffi Broom, 1937; Aulacocephalodon peavoti Broom, 1921; Aulacocephalodon pricei Broom & George, 1950; Aulacocephalodon tigriceps Owen, 1855; Aulacocephalodon vanderhorsti Broom & George, 1950; Bainia haughtoni Broom, 1921; Bainia peavoti Broom, 1921; Bainia tigriceps Owen, 1855; Dicynodon bolorhinoides Watson, 1960; Dicynodon laticeps Broom, 1912; Dicynodon tigriceps Owen, 1855; Haughtoniana magna Boonstra, 1938; Proaulacocephalodon miltoni Toerien, 1955] [Haughtoniana Boonstra, 1938; Proaulacocephalodon Toerien, 1955; Aulacocephalodon (lapsus calami)] | `--+--o †Geikia Newton, 1893 sensu Maisch & Gebauer, 2005 | | |?- †G. mirabilis | | |-- †G. elginensis Newton 1893 [non? 1913 | | `-- †G. locusticeps (v. Huene, 1942) Rowe, 1980 [Dicynodon locusticeps v. Huene, 1942] [incl. Pelanomodon tuberosus v. Huene, 1942 sensu Maisch & Gebauer, 2005] | `-- †Pelanomodon moschops Broom, 1938 [Dicynodon sidneyi Broom, 1940; Pelanomodon halli Broom, 1950; Pelanomodon kitchingi Broom & George, 1950; Pelanomodon rubidgei Broom, 1938] `--+--o †Odontocyclops Keyser & Cruickshank, 1979 [taxonomic history] | |-- †O. dubius (Boonstra, 1938) Keyser & Cruickshank, 1979 [taxonomic history] | `-- †O. whaitsi (Broom, 1913) Angielczyk, 2002 [taxonomic history] `--+--o †Lystrosauridae Broom, 1903 [Dicynodontidae: Kannemeyeriinae: Lystrosaurini Broom, 1903] | |-- †Kwazulusaurus shakai Maisch, 2002 | `--o †Lystrosaurus Cope, 1870 [Dicynodon in partim; Prolystrosaurus] | |-- †L. amphibius Brink, 1951 | |-- †L. bothai Broom, 1941 | |-- †L. breyeri Van Hoepen, 1915 | |-- †L. broomi Young, 1939 | |-- †L. curvatus (Owen, 1876) [Dicynodon curvatus Owen, 1876] | |-- †L. declivis Brink, 1951 [Ptychognathus declivis Owen, 1860 nomen nudum?] | |-- †L. georgi Kalandadze, 1975 | |-- †L. hedini Young, 1935 | |-- †L. jeppei Van Hoepen, 1916 | |-- †L. jorisseni Van Hoepen, 1916 | |-- †L. latirostris | |-- †L. mccaigi Seeley, 1898 | |-- †L. murrayi (Huxley, 1859) | |-- †L. oviceps Haughton, 1915 | |-- †L. platyceps Seeley, 1898 [Lystrosaurus andersoni Broom (1913?)] | |-- †L. primitivus Toerien, 1954 | |-- †L. putterilli Van Hoepen, 1915 | |-- †L. robustus Sun, 1973 | |-- †L. rubidgei Broom, 1940 | |-- †L. seeleyi (Broili, 1908) [Dicynodon seeleyi Broili, 1908] | |-- †L. shichanggouensis Cheng, 1986 | |-- †L. strigops (Broom, 1913) [Prolystrosaurus strigops Broom, 1913] | |-- †L. theileri Van Hoepen, 1916 | |-- †L. wageri Van Hoepen, 1916 | |-- †L. wagneriVan Hoepen, 1916 | |-- †L. weidenreichi Young, 1939 | `-- †L. youngi Sun, 1964 `--+--o †Dicynodontidae Owen, 1859 | |-- †Gordonia traquairi | `--o †Dicynodon Owen, 1845 [Dinanomodon, Daptocephalus, Gordonia, Oudenodon] | |-- †D. leoniceps | |-- †D. lacerticeps Owen, 1845 | |-- †D. trautscholdi Amalitskii, 1922 [Gordonia annae Amalitskii, 1922, Oudenodon venyokovi Amalitskii, 1922, Dicynodon annae (Amalitskii, 1922), Dicynodon amalitzkii Sushkin, 1926] | |-- †D. bolorhinus | |-- †D. leontops | |-- †D. lissops | |-- †D. osborni | |-- †D. plateceps | `-- †D. whaitsi `--+--o †Dinanomodon rubidgei Broom, 1938 | |-- †D. rubidgei Broom, 1938 | `-- †D. gigas Broom, 1940 `--o †Kannemeyeriiformes |?-o †Shansiodontidae Cox, 1965 | |-- †Rhinodicynodon gracile Kalandadze, 1970 | `-- †Shansiodon |?-o †Stahleckeriidae Lehman, 1961 | |-- †Elephantosaurus jachimovitchi Vjuschkov, 1969 | |-- †Elatosaurus facetus Kalandadze, 1985 | `-- †Stahleckeria potens `-- †Kannemeyeriidae Huene, 1948 [Dicynodontidae: Kannemeyeriinae Huene, 1948]
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Special thanks to:
Jos H. M. Dols, for gathering additional information and species of these animals.